The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited R over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing R 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.623% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.250% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year
- +39.13%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
160 265 170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 49.84% 60.09% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 139 88
Average daily rate £325 £310 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -6.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 41 26
Average hourly rate £41.25 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.55 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.50 £60.00 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
R
Cambridgeshire

R
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing R across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge R Jobs Demand Trend

R
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing R across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge R Daily Rate Trend

R
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing R also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited R.

1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Biology
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon EC2

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing R also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited R. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Biology
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Web tools such as JQuery and/or web application frameworks like Ruby on Rails... Analytical languages such as R or Matlab... Degree or Masters in computer science, software...
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Rate: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013